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Tornados
Rip Through Midwest
by Sarah Reinartz
Just as earthquakes occur in
California, and hurricanes in Florida, there are tornadoes in the
Midwest. November 12 was an evening of horror for more than one town
in Iowa. Stratford and Woodward were the most effected by these monstrosities
as they took the impact of the F2-F3 twisters; meaning that there
were winds up to 157 miles per hour. It was reported that 8 tornadoes
touched down throughout Saturday afternoon and evening. Fortunately,
through all of it, there was only one person found dead. This woman
was an 84 year-old woman from Stratford, who simply couldn’t make
it to the basement in time.
An additional series of tornadoes were recorded on November 6 in a
town called Evansville, Indiana. With approximately 23 documented
fatalities, it was one of the most severe United States tornadoes
since the 1974 “super outbreak” in the state, killing 47 people. The
tornado created a path 41 miles long and about a quarter mile wide.
At least 18 people were killed at a mobile home park and 4 others
were killed in the nearby county of Warrick. The Evansville series
produced 6 other confirmed tornadoes throughout the evening of November
5 into the morning of November 6.
During tornado season, the Midwest can be a harsh place to live. But
with the 20 plus dead, hundreds injured, and many towns, cities and
home destroyed, you wouldn’t guess that it is not technically even
tornado season yet. So if the weather is this destructive now, what
will it be like when tornado season really does come around?
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